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Meth Users Don’t Need Meds to Avoid OD. We Need Them to Avoid Cops.

On July 19, the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded over $4.3 million to InterveXion Therapeutics, an Arkansas-based biopharmaceutical company…

July 25, 2023

Our Film Tour Is Exposing Methadone Clinics’ Cruelty

Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 is currently on tour nationwide. Marilena Marchetti and I made the film…

April 14, 2023

Our Prison Says We Have Suboxone Access. Prisoners Say Otherwise.

Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is one of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC)…

April 11, 2023

Methadone Clinics Angry at Bad PR, But Not Afraid of SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants to revise outdated guidelines for methadone clinics. The agency issued…

April 4, 2023

SAMHSA Eyes Budget Boost—and Cutting “Abuse” From Its Name

President Biden has released his budget request for fiscal year 2024, including funding increases for harm reduction programs. It would…

March 15, 2023

SOTU: Biden Promises Fentanyl Crackdowns, OUD Meds in Prisons

On February 7, President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. It…

February 8, 2023

The Devastating Rise in Overdose Deaths of Black and Indigenous People

Overdose deaths among Black and Indigenous people in the United States surged in 2020, rising at far faster rates than…

July 21, 2022

We Emergency Doctors Must Get Better at Offering Buprenorphine

An emergency department provider is a jack of all trades. The ED is open 24/7, and we’re equally as prepared…

July 12, 2022

Vermont Gov. Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites, Along With the Harm Reduction He Claims to Support

On June 7, Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) vetoed House Bill 728, which would have created an Overdose Prevention Site…

June 17, 2022

CO Fentanyl Bill Would Fund—But Not Require—MOUD in County Jails

On April 13, the Colorado House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to re-impose felony penalties on fentanyl—and by extension, any…

April 14, 2022